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单词 drop-handle
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drop-handle
drop-handle adj. and n.
Brit. /ˈdrɒpˌhandl/
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U.S. /ˈdrɑpˌhænd(ə)l/
(a) adj. applied to a form of needle-telegraph instrument which is operated by a handle directed downward; (b) n. a handle to a drawer, door, etc., that hangs down when it is not held in the hand.
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1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy §48 There are two forms of the single needle instrument in use, viz. the drop-handle and the pedal or tapper form.
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 383/2 Drawer drop handles.
1898 J. P. Arkwright Cabinet-making 84/2 Brass drop handles..look well.
1940 Antiquity 14 69 Three angons were actually pushed through the drop handle of the larger bowl.
1967 Gloss. Terms Builders' Hardware (B.S.I.) iv. 11 Drop handle, any handle pivoted to a plate or spindle so that it falls by gravity to a vertical position when not in use.
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